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Deuteronomy 24:20 — King James Version← Study notes

When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.


Deuteronomy 24:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 24:2010 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
תַחְבֹּטtaḥəbōṭKnock
זֵיתְךָzêtəḵāOlive
לֹאlōʾNot
תְפָאֵרtəp̄āʾērGleam
אַחֲרֶיךָʾaḥăreyḵāThe hind part
לַגֵּרlagērTo guest
לַיָּתוֹםlayātwōmTo bereaved
וְלָאַלְמָנָהwəlāʾaləmānāhAnd to widow
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
תַחְבֹּטtaḥəbōṭKnock
זֵיתְךָzêtəḵāOlive
לֹאlōʾNot
תְפָאֵרtəp̄āʾērGleam
אַחֲרֶיךָʾaḥăreyḵāThe hind part
לַגֵּרlagērTo guest
לַיָּתוֹםlayātwōmTo bereaved
וְלָאַלְמָנָהwəlāʾaləmānāhAnd to widow
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

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